With the ever-growing number of products becoming available in recycled materials, office equipment has been one of the last hold-outs. The Eco-cartridge is a concept version of an ink cartridge that was created by designer Kevin Cheng. It’s a definite step forward towards sustainability for a product that all too often winds up in landfills.
Archive for Zero-Waste
Consumers increasingly demand products that don’t harm the environment, giving rise to products made of pre- and post-consumer waste material. One of the most popular and versatile materials used to make eco-friendly products is PET or polyethylene terephthalate, the main material used in plastic water bottles. It can be recycled into what’s known as rePET [...]
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle. The EPA’s "waste hierarchy" has long been part of environmental consciousness. Those three words describe our waste management strategy at the household and community level. With a little help from creative new ideas and technologies, and a smart balance of all three strategies, we can work toward a day when our society is effectively waste free.
In the age of the Interwebs, instant gratification is so much easier to come by. Today practically anything we want is just a mouse click and a couple of shipping days away. Considerable environmental costs, of course, are a major side effect of fulfilling all of our whims and fancies. Waste management strategies are a necessary part of dealing with our ravenous consumption.
If your town has single stream recycling, you’re probably doing most of the work of reducing your household waste already. It’s tough to reduce waste further without first knowing where it comes from. And shouldn’t we also be curious about where it goes once it’s put on the truck?
In the U.K. a new process has surfaced that takes food waste and turns it into nutrient-rich fertilizer in just 72 hours. It’s then being ‘ploughed back into the soil to grow more food.’ Please see: http://www.vertal.co.uk – it explains the process, the technology, and the potential (read: success!) at reducing landfill waste. * Process [...]
An Explanation Of The Waste Incineration Directive Waste incineration has been a traditional method of dealing with unwanted domestic and industrial waste since man was rubbing sticks together to create fire. In 1970 the first waste incineration plants were functional that harnessed the power in the chemical reaction created by the incineration. As with many [...]
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